Former Rutgers football captain Jamil Merrell has died at the age of 36, his twin brother Jamal announced in a heartfelt tribute.
George E. Johnson, the trailblazing entrepreneur whose Johnson Products Company transformed the Black hair care industry, has died at 99.
Tony Brown’s national broadcast career began in 1970 when he took over the monthly public‑affairs program Black Journal.
Victor Willis, the original lead singer of the Village People and the unmistakable voice behind “Y.M.C.A.,” died Tuesday at 74 after what his family described as...
Mother Khadijah Farrakhan, the longtime wife of Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan, has died. She was 90.
Danny Simmons, the celebrated abstract painter, author, philanthropist and older brother of Russell Simmons and Joseph “Rev Run” Simmons, has died at 72.
Beloved Chicago chef Isaac “Wavy” Bradley was one of two people killed in a mass shooting early Friday police said.
Tanzanian authorities have ruled the death of American influencer Ashlee Jenae, whose legal name was Ashly Robinson, a suicide.
Grammy‑winning R&B singer Peabo Bryson, whose soaring vocals powered iconic duets like “Beauty and the Beast” and “A Whole New World,” died at 75 after suffering...
Clarence B. Jones, the trusted adviser who helped write Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s historic “I Have a Dream” speech, has died at 95.
